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Favorites from first 100 national park visits by EV [1]

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Date: 2023-02-18  

My favorite National Park (so far) is Teddy Roosevelt in North Dakota.

A year ago, I decided to travel to as many national park units as I could without using any carbon-burning vehicles: my idea of therapy. No airplanes, cars or ferries that rely on fossil fuel. My goal is to encourage people to change the way they travel, to help combat the climate crisis. (Although, I can’t help but also include a few of my opinions on other issues, such as Native Americans and Civil Rights.)

There have been a few problems along the way. My car spent a month in the shop due to a car fire (not mine) at a Tesla repair facility in Massachusetts. Some of the park units, like Andrew Johnson’s house in Tennessee, attempt to whitewash the history of slavery. Some districts, like Lauren Boebert’s in Colorado, actively discourage EV charging stations. And too many people in gas-guzzling RV’s questioned my choice to get an electric car, telling me they’re not waterproof and can’t get to remote locations (see photo above).

But overall, it has been a humbling experience to see and learn about our country first hand (see my DK post about guns & coffee). There are 423 official NPS units, not counting President Biden’s recent additions. In just a few months, I crossed the country and visited over 100 sites of all types, from battlefields to nature preserves. Here are a dozen of my favorites. If you follow the links below to my Wordpress blog (no ads), you can see a picture and read a brief post from each visit.

Thanks for reading. Please let me know what your favorite national parks are. I still have many more to visit, and your ideas help. Thanks.

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